Rye

Rye field

Harvesting Rye

Checking rye heading to hopper

Handful of rye

Checking for loss of seed or unemptied heads

When running the combine, the settings for wind, cylinder distance, and speed must be adjusted to make sure seeds aren't blown out or heads unthreshed. 

It turns out that we harvested this rye when it was too moist, with a reading of 18%.  We sun-dried the rye on tarps when the weather was 108 degrees F and brought the moisture to 10% in two days.  We also managed to convince a local distiller to buy some rye.  Whew!